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2006 Lexus IS 350 - Pacing Perfection

August 17, 2006

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This was supposed to be the BMW-beater. Lexus aimed the IS development target squarely at the 3-series, and made no bones about it. The cognoscenti met this contention with skepticism--seemingly every carmaker has claimed to have conquered the kingpin Bimmer at one time or another, and yet the 3-series remains the performance paragon. In the interest of settling the dispute--for our own edification, if not for the record--we spent a week behind the wheel of the 2006 Lexus IS 350. (read more)